New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Subchapter 3 - RULES OF PRACTICE
Section 2:1-3.4 - Public comments regarding existing rules and proposed rulemaking

(a) The Department conducts an ongoing regulatory review and invites public comments regarding all Department rules (N.J.A.C. Title 2). The Department's rulemaking includes all rules adopted after the official public comment period and emergency rules in accord with the New Jersey Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq. and the Office of Administrative Law Rules for Agency Rulemaking, N.J.A.C. 1:30, and all rules effective immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law in accord with specific legislative authority.

(b) Public comments are specifically sought regarding existing Department rules that may be perceived as being not necessary, adequate, reasonable, efficient, understandable, or responsive to the purposes for which they were promulgated. Public comments regarding existing rules should be submitted in writing and addressed to either the specific relevant division of the Department or the Department at:

New Jersey Department of Agriculture

Office of the Secretary

PO Box 330

Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0330

or at ContactAg@ag.state.nj.us

(c) The Department invites the public to utilize the opportunity to be heard during the official public comment period following the publication of a notice of pre-proposal or proposal in the New Jersey Register by means of submitting in writing, data, views, or arguments to the name and unit and mailing address or email address specified in the notice, which is also provided with the proposed rule at http://www.state.nj.us/agriculture/rule.